The effect of pioglitazone on apoptotic cardiomyocytes for ischemia reperfusion.
- Author:
Ze-ling CAO
1
;
Ping YE
;
Chao-liang LONG
;
Kai CHEN
;
Xiao-wei LI
;
Hai WANG
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Animals; Apoptosis; drug effects; Male; Myocardial Reperfusion Injury; metabolism; Myocardium; metabolism; Myocytes, Cardiac; cytology; drug effects; metabolism; PPAR gamma; metabolism; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Thiazolidinediones; pharmacology
- From: Chinese Journal of Cardiology 2005;33(7):648-652
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVEThis study was to investigate the effect of pioglitazone on apoptotic cardiomyocytes with the model of ischemia-reperfusion at rat heart in vivo.
METHODSSprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into two groups. One was 30 min reperfusion group, which was subdivided into sham (n = 5), model (vehicle, n = 6) and pioglitazone 3 mg/kg (n = 7) with 30 min ischemia followed by 30 min reperfusion to detect the area of myocardial infarction (MI). Another was 2 h reperfusion group, which was further subdivided into sham (n = 5), model (vehicle, n = 6), and pioglitazone 0.3 mg/kg (n = 6), 1 mg/kg (n = 7) and 3 mg/kg (n = 6). Apart from the sham, pioglitazone and vehicle were administered intravenously 30 min before occlusion. Then hearts were excised, paraffined and cut into 4 microm thick. Immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, TUNEL and DNA agarose gel electrophoresis were performed to detect the expression of Bax, Bcl-2, Caspase-3 and PPARgamma protein and PPARgamma mRNA.
RESULTS(1) Compared with model, nec/aar of pioglitazone decreased by 28% (P < 0.01). The nec/lv ratio reduced by 32% (P < 0.01). (2) In a dose-dependent manner, the expressions of Bax and Caspase-3 were depressed, while the expression of Bcl-2, PPARgamma protein and PPARgamma mRNA were enhanced by pioglitazone. (3) The apoptotic index of subgroups injected pioglitazone reduced significantly by TUNEL compared with model (P < 0.05). Agarose gel electrophoresis demonstrated that DNA ladder existed in model, pioglitazone 0.3 mg/kg and pioglitazone 1 mg/kg, but not pioglitazone 3 mg/kg.
CONCLUSIONSPioglitazone could protect the heart from I/R injury evidenced by the improvement in the expression of PPARgamma at the levels of protein and mRNA after pioglitazone administrated, and by the decrease in the apoptotic cardiomyocytes.